there have been recent decorations denied even though they made a numb cal mark it because he ability only economic impacts. >> i understand but we've got to figure out a way to have a better assessment. the original per capita dicator is 137 today, yet it hadn't been changed. there is no inflation basis to it. there is nothing to it. we have to work together with secretary don van and you to figure out how do we know when to apply, when is our state overwhelmed? >> the whole purpose of disaster aid -- and in oklahoma we're the highest state in the country as far as disasters in the last year but some of those didn't overwhelm oklahoma's capability. so we need to figure out together how we do this more effectively to really help states when they are overwhelmed versus not helping when they are not, especially when states have surpluses. like oklahoma has a surplus. we put $600 million in the bank last year. >> we go through in the sandy recovery improvement act. you've asked to us look at this. we do fine with the general accounting. we look at what is the outcome we're trying to achi